Rail fares to rise at fastest rate in 5 years exacerbating cost of living crisis
The hike in rail fares will make life even harder for struggling households seeing the cost of goods and services rising, wages dropping and consumer debt growing.
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Economic growth reliant on household debt – is this the next crisis?
A ‘spiral of complacency’ over consumer debt is posing a huge risk to the UK economy, the Bank of England has warned.
Student debt is causing mid-life tax crisis, study finds
Claims that the tuition fee system is progressive aren’t supported by the evidence, this report finds.
The latest inflation figures will be out tomorrow, here’s why there’s no need for alarm
Tomorrow, the latest inflation figures will be published. The reaction, if recent months are a guide, will be panic and alarm at the continuing high level of consumer prices, the impact on household budgets and the possibility of rising interest … Continued
Disposable income falling at fastest rate in six years
Real household income, a key measure of living standards, fell by 2 per cent in the first quarter of 2017.
One year on, is Brexit really as bad as we feared?
Spoiler Alert: Yes
Living standards squeeze continues as inflation rises to four-year high
Inflation is significantly outpacing earnings growth
The Tories from 2010 to 2017 have been the most debt-fuelled governments in modern UK history
Austerity has failed even on its own terms
The equality act established a duty to reduce socio-economic inequality – but will the new government bring it into force?
Reducing inequality could be a legal duty for public bodies
The Tory economic strategy can only fail – Labour must do more to make that clear
It’s the demand side, stupid